Frontline Teacher center

A collection of lesson plans and activities to accompany FRONTLINE documentaries in the classroom.

Featured Guides

Investigate how credit scores impact consumer loans and mortgages. Inside the meltdown

Learn the key economic terms and procedures related to government budgeting and borrowing. Ten trillion and counting

Get an introduction to investing and analyze financial information for the characteristics of good investments. The Madoff Affair

subjects

Biography	Health / Science / Technology	Media Literacy
Business/ Economy	Foreign Affairs / Defense	Religion
Diversity	Government / Public Policy

A selection of web-exclusive resources from our digital archive

Looking for Additional Resources?

Visit the following Web sites of special interest to educators:

• PBS Teachers
  This Web site has more than 4,000 free lesson plans and activities, as well as online professional development opportunities for teachers.
• FRONTLINE/World Educators
  Here, teachers can share “Stories from a Small World” with their students. Activities are offered in the following categories: Culture, Geography, Economics, History, and Politics.
• The Online Newshour Extra: For Students and Teachers
  The Newshour with Jim Lehrer created this Web site to provide both teachers and students with resources and activities based on current events.
• Now for Educators
  This companion Web site offers classroom activities in the following areas: Arts & Literature, Health, Science, and Social Studies.
• Wide Angle Global Classroom
  On this site, educators can find lesson plans on global issues using the following categories: conflict, economics, human rights, power & politics, and religion & culture.
• Teacher’s Domain
  Focused on science and social studies, Teacher's Domain offers an ever-expanding library of classroom-ready multimedia resources, including video, and lesson plans involving content from FRONTLINE, NOVA, American Experience and other public television productions.